Bath-cabinet.



L. WILOTH & A. L. GREER.

BATH CABINET..

APPLICATION FILED MAY 22. 1916.

Patented Sept. 25, 1917.

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meem 1 INVENTORS LEO /V/LOT/-/ AND ATTORNEY.

L. WILOTH' & A. L. GREER.

BATH CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 22, I916.

Patented Sept. 25, 191?.

3 SHEETSSHEET 2- A. L. GREER.

ATTORNEY.

L WILOTH & A.L.GREEK BATH CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 22, I916.

Patented Sept. 25, 1917.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

INVENTORS, LE0 /V/. 0 7/1 AND QLLL A TT ORNE Y.

TATE PATENT LEO WILOTH AND ALBERT L. GREER, OF DENVER, COLORADO; SAID WILOTl-I ASSIGIIOR TO SAID GREEK.

BATH-CABINET.

Application filed May 22, 1916.

vented certain new and useful Improve ments in Bath-Cabinets, of which the fol lowing is a specification.

ur invention relates to bath cabinets and its principal object resides in providing in combination with a chamber adapted to admit part or all of a human body, a system of conduits, valves, vaporizing appliances and other devices which are cooperatively associated to introduce into the chamber, vapors of difi'erent character either singly or together, or to heat the same to different degrees of temperature by adjustment of one or more of the valves included in the system.

Another object of ourinvention resides in Jroviding an adjustable shield by which one or more parts of a reclining body may be subjected, exclusive of other parts of the same, to the vapors or heat introduced into the chamber.

The above and other objects all of which will be fully described in the course of the following description, We attain by the arrangement of devices illustrated in the accompanying drawings in the various views it of which like parts are similarly designated,

and in which,

Figure 1 is a vertical section through the improved bath cabinet,

Fig. 2, a transverse section along the line 2, Fig. 1,

Fig. 3, a transverse section along the line 3-3, Fig. 2, drawn. to an enlarged scale,

Fig. n, anenlarged section through the bed or supporting surface of the apparatus showing the application of the shield hereinbefore referred to, r i

Fig. 5, a fragmentary face view of the shield,

Fig. 6, a fragmentary section through the rear wall and lid of the cabinet, showing means for covering thespace between the adjoining edges thereof against the outflow of liquid, and

Fig. 7, a horizontal section through one of the containers comprised in the vaporizing elements of our invention.

Referring more specifically to thedraw- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 25, 191% Serial No. 99,114.

ings, the reference numeral 2 designates the body of the cabinet which consists as usual of a preferably rectangular box, and 3 a lid which normally covers the same.

The box has in one of its ends an opening 4 and exterior-1y thereof an adjustable rest 5 for the head of a patient reclining in the cabinet.

The lid is connected with the box along one of its longitudinal edges, and a hinged apron 6 attached to the lid is adapted to cover the space between the adjoining edges of the box and the lid against the outflow of liquid when the lid is in its open position as shown in Fig. 6 of the drawings.

A bed 7 composed of transversely spaced slats is disposed in the box at a distance above its bottom, for the support of a human body in a reclining position.

The bed divides the chamber into two compartments 8 and 9 the lower one of which contains a system of conduits adapted to supply heat or vapors to the upper or vapor compartment, through the spaces between the slats of which the bed is composed.

The lid has a normally covered opening 10 through which the interior of the box may be reached or observed without opening the lid, and it has in suitable proximity to said opening, a gage 1.2 to indicate the temperature of the vaporizing chamber.

The box is supported upon legs 13 and it has in its bottom an outlet 14; for the drainage of liquid of condensation, which if so desired may be permanently connected with a sewer or other distant receiver by means of a conduit 15.

Secured exteriorlyof the box are a number of vaporizing elements which in the oporation serve to produce and discharge into the chamber, vapors of medicinal preparations.

Each vaporizing element comprises a container 16 connected by means of a valve-controlled pipe 17 with a superposed reservoir 18 which preferably is made of glass and provided with a scale of graduations 19 by which the quantities of liquid admitted to the container by opening the valve in the respective conduit, may be accurately measured.

A coil 20 disposed within the container is provided for the vaporization of the liquid coils when Placed within the compartment 81 of the cabinet beneath the slotted bed 7, is a system of conduits which include a central vapor-escape pipe 21, a primary heating coil 22,. and a secondary coil 23.

The two coils are connected for the passage of a heating fluid from one to the other, and valves are applied to the coils to permit of a flow. of fluid throughone, exclusive of the other.

The connected coils connect at their outer ends with a source of heatingsfluid supply and with an exhaust or waste conduit.

The inlet ends of the coils of the-va.

por zing elements are exteriorly of the containers 16, connected withvalves 24 which. by means of a manifold 25 are connected a fluid-supply pipe 27 i a boiler or other source a with a branch of which connects with of heated air or drawings.

A pipe 28 connects the supply pipe'with the inlet end of the primary heating coil, anda branch 29 of the pipe 28 connects with a manifold 30 placed beneath the cabinet and connected with the outlets ofthe coils 20 of the several vaporizing elements.

Check valves 31 in the pipes which consteam, not shown inthe nect the coils 20 with the manifold 30, are

provided to prevent the flow of fluid-into the the vaporizing elements are dis connected from the system as will heroine after be described.

The primary hcatingcoilconnects atu32i' with the inlet end of. the auxiliary coil and pipe 33 with thevaporeescape by means ofa pipe 21. v

The outlet. end ofthe primary coil is fur- 1 thermore connected, by. means of a pipe 34,

with an exhaust or waste pipe 35 through which the spent heat intothe atmosphere sourceof supply, ondary heating coil is connected with the same exhaust pipe, as at 36:

The containers of the vaporizing elements ing fluid either-escapes or is returned to the have vapor-outlets whichthrough the in-:

termediary of valves 37 are connected witha manifold 38 which connects with the vapor escape pipe 21. Each containerhas a drain cock 39 and a safety valve :10 which prevents.

accidents in case of over-compression of vapors in the containers, by faulty adjustment of the valves which control the inflowand outflow of heating fluid and vapors.

A valve 41 is connected in the pipe-28 which connects the supply pipe with the pri coil, a valve 42 controls the.

mary heating connect on between the two-heating 0.011s, ad

i et fi Lil- Mi t 2 ;a3i te is ecnneotedai or auxiliary heating and .the outlet of the secin. the pipe. 38 which connects the primary coil with the vaporescape Jipe, a valvefl controls the flow of fluid tirough the pi 3e 34 which connects the primar coil with the wasteepipe, and a check va ve :5 is disposed in the connection between the secondary coil and the exhaust pipe 35.

By the system of conduits, vaporizing appliances and valves cooperatively associated as herein described, the following results may be produced:

First-The introduction of steam into the cabinet for an ordinary :stoam" bath.-The valves. 4-1 and 42 are opened and the valves 44, 24,, l5 and 42 are closed. The steam from the boiler flows fromthe supply-pipe 2T through-thebranches 28 into the primary coil and enters the vaponescapepipe past the open valve 43.

second flcating the current for the purpose of giving a dry-heat bathilin valves 41 and d2 are opened and the valves -13, 44 and24: are closed. The steam flowing past the valve 41 into the primary coil passes through this coil and past the open valve 42 into the secondary coil through which it circulates and from which it flows past the c an valve 4-5.into the waste-pipe '35.

If in administering a dry-heat bath it is desired to reduce the heat in the cabinet, the auxiliary coil may be excluded from the path Ofthesteam by closingrthe valve 42 and opening the valve 44. The steam after passing through the primary coil, now flows past the open valve 44 and through the pipe 3% which connects with the return or waste pipe 35.

Itiwill beobserved that in the above de scribed operations, the check valves31 prevent the: steam from entering-thecoils in the containers.

Thim Thointroduction of vapors gen-- created i-n one or more of the oaporizing clemonts, into the cabinet for medicated vapor haths.Premisingthat the three containers of the elements have been supplied with different medicinal preparations,

coils in the respective container or containers.

To generate medicinalvapors 1n any one of the elements and discharge the same into vthe cabinet, the valves 24 and 37 of the re specti-ve container are opened an'd'the valves all and 43 are-closed. The steam from the 1 supply pipe 27 now passes through the mani fold '25mand past the" openedvalve'Qet into i? and through the coil 20 in the containei 'and theneepas't the respective check-valve '31- into, the manifold 30 which hy-'-ineans-of the branch 29 is conneoted wi'th the primarysheatmgscciln} y 1,2ao,9i1. is.

The steam is thus compelled to pass through either one or both of the heating coils as in the operation described under Second, and is returned to the boiler or exhausted into the atmosphere by means of the waste-pipe 35.

The steampassing through the coil in the continer vaporizes the medicinal liquid contained therein, and'the vapor thus produced escapes from the container past the open valve 37 into the manifold 38 which connects withthe vapor-escape pipe 21.

It will be readily understood that in this manner vapor from any one of the elements may be admitted to the cabinet, that if the condition of the patient requires the administration of different medicinal substances, the vapor from two or more containers may be simultaneously introduced into the chamber, and that if so desired, steam and the vapors of one or more of the containers may be simultaneously admitted into the cabinet by closing the valves 4:2, and 4st and opening valve i3.

After a bath has been given, the cabinet can be thoroughly sterilized by the introduction of steam as in the firstdescribed operation, it being understood that the water of condensation 1S constantly drained from the cabinet through the outlet 14;. p

The pet cook 39 at the bottom of each container, aermits of draining the same for the purpose of cleaning or for changing the medicinal solution.

The reservoirs 18 connected with the containers supply to the same, medicinal liquids which are readily measured on the graduated scales 19 and the safety valves 4:0 on top of the containers prevent accidents in case one or more of the valves'of the system are inadvertently placed in the wrong position.

To permit of the adjustment of the valves inside the cabinet from without the same,

. their stems are socketed, and a key 46 is provided which through openings in the wall of the box, is introduced into the sockets ot' the valves to turn them to the required position.

WVhen one of the containers is in use, the steam discharged from its coil is prevented from entering the coils of the other containers by the check valves 31, and to equalize the outflow of vapor through the apertures of theperforated escape pipe 21, the perforations are from its inlet end outwardly, gradually enlarged as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

In the operation of the cabinet, the patient reclines on the slotted bed with his head upon the rest outside the chamber. In administering a vapor bath, the lid 3 is closed and it is opened only when it is desired to rule or wash the body of the patient. When the patient is being; washed, which usually is done by the use of a spray, the apron 6 closing the space between the adjoining edges of the open lid and the boX, prevent the water from splashing through said space onto the floor of the room in which the cabinet is installed.

A shield 47 shown in Figs. 4 and 5 is used in the treatment of any particular part of the human body, exclusive of other parts.

The shield consists of a plate which is adapted to cover the pipe system in the compartment 8 of the cabinet, beneath the slotted bed 7 The plate has a plurality of openings 18 which in position and size correspond with difierent parts of a body reclining on the bed, as for example, the shoulders, lrnee joints, feet, etc.

The openings 48, with the exception of that beneath the part of the body it is desired to treat, are closed by slides -19, and a short flue 5O removably placed between the uncovered opening and the bed 7, aids in concentrating the heat or vapors to the part of the body that is being treated.

Having thus described our improved cabinet in the best and simplest form known to us, we desire it understood that variations in the arrangement of the pipes and valves of the heating and distributing system, in

the number of vaporizing element applied to the cabinet, and in details of constructionof the various parts of the same, may be resorted to within the spirit of my invention as defined in the following claims:

1. A bath-cabinet comprising a chamber, primary and secondary heating coils therein, a source of liquid-fluid supply, a waste pipe, a connection between adjacent ends of said coils, a connection between the source and the other end of the primary coil, a connection between the other end of the secondary coil and the waste-pipe, a connection between the primary coil and the waste pipe, and adjustable valves in said connections whereby fluid admitted to the primary coii may be compelled to flow through either the primary coil or through both the coils, into the waste pipe.

A bath-cabinet comprising a chamber, primary and secondary heatingcoils and a vapor-escape pipe therein, a supply pipe, a waste pipe, a connection between adcent ends of said coils, a connection between the other end of the primary coil and the supply-pipe, a. connection between the other end of the secondary coil and the waste-pipe, connection between the primary coil and the waste-pipe, a connection between the primary coil and the vaporescapc pipe, and adjustable valves in said through the primary coil into the vaporescape pipe, through "the primary coilinto the container, and the vapor-escape pipe, :1

the" waste-pipe or through both coils and into the waste pipe.

3. A bath-cabinet comprisinga chamber, a heating coil and a vapor-escape pipe therein, a'source of heating-fluid supply, a va-,

porizing element including a eontalner and a heater for vaporizing the contents thereof, connections between said heater, said source and said coil, and a connection between said element and the vapor-escape pipe whereby tions, whereby the heater and container of any one of said'elements' may beplaced in communication with the source, the coil and theescape pipe, exclusive of the other elements. 4 y

5. A bath-cabinet comprising a chamber, a heating coil and a vapor-escape pipe therein, a source of heating-fluid supply, a plurality of vaporizing elements each including a container and a heater for vaporizing the contents thereof, a manifold connected with said source, a manifold connected with said coil, connections between said manifolds and the heaters of the'elements, a manifold in connection with the vapor-escape pipe, connections between the last-mentioned manifoldandthe containers of theelements, and valves in said connections, whereby the heater and container of any one of said elements may be placed in communication with the source, thecoil and the escape pipe, ex elusive of. the other elements.

6. A bath-cabinet comprising a chamber, a heating coil and a vapor-escape pipe therein, a source of heating-fiuid supply, a wastepipe, a vaporizing element including a container and a heater for vaporizing'the con tents thereof, a connection" between said source and said heater, a connection between the heater and the coil, a connection between connection between an end of thecoil and thesource, a connection between the other end-of the) coil and the waste pipe, and valves in said connections, whereby the'heat I ing fluid may be compelled to pass-through the coil exclusive of :the said element, or" through the heater Of-the-element and thence through-the coil.:

'1"? A-batlrcabinet{comprising a chamber,- a heatingcoil anda vaporescapepipeithereeiiin, a source of heating-fiuid supply, a wastepipe, at vaporizing element including a container arid'a heater for vaporizing the contents thereof, a connection between said' source and said heater, aconnection be 0 tween the heater and the coil, a connection between the container and the vapor-escape pipe, a connection between an end of the coil and the source, a connection between the other end of the coil andthe waste-pipe, a connection between the coil and the vaporescape pipe, and valves in said connections whereby the lieatingfluid may be compelled to "pass either through thecoil exclusive of' said element and into" the waste-pipe, through the coil: exclusive of the element and into the vapor-escape pipe,or through the heater of the element and thence through the coil. I y

8. A bath-cabinet comprising'a chamber, primary and secondary heating-coils and a vapor-escape pipe thereima source ofheating-fluid supply, a waste-pipe, a vaporizing element including a container and aheat'e r' for vaporizing'the contents thereof, a connection' between adjacent ends'of said coils, a connection betweenthe other-end of the primary'coil' and the source, agconnection between the other end of the secondary coil and the waste pipe, a connection between the primary coil andthe waste-pipe, a connection between the priinary'coil and the vaper-escape pipe, a connection hetween'the source and the heater of the vaporizingelement, a connection between the heater and the coil, a connection between the container and the vapor-escape pipe, and valves in said connections, whereby the heatingfluid' may becoinpelled to pass either through one, or both of the heating coils into the waste-1 5 pipe, exclusive of the vaporizing elementp through a coil and into the vapor-escape pipe exclusive of the vaporizing'ele1nent,' or through the heaterof the eleinentand thence through the coil. 10

9. A bath-cabinet com'prisinga chamber, primary and secondary heating coils and a vapor-escape pipe therein, a source of heating-fiuid supply, a waste-pipe, vaporizing" element including a container and a heater 15 for vaporizing the contents thereofia con-' 7 nection between adjacent ends of said coils, a connection between the'other end of the primary coil and the source, a connection" hetween'the other end of the secondary coil and the waste' p ipe, a connectionbetweenthe primary'coil and the waste pipe, a connec-' tion between the source and'the heater. of the 'vaporizingfelement, a"connection"be'. tween the'heatr'andthe"coil, a conneetionlzs between'the'container and the 'va'por escape pipe, and valves in said connections, "where f by the heatinghuidmay" be eompelled to.

- pass eitherthrough one or both of he t5. ingIiFco-ils into the; 'waste pipe," exelusive of the vaporizing element, or through the heater of the element and thence through the coil.

10. A bath-cabinet comprising a chamber, a heating coil and a vapor-escape pipe therein, a plurality of vaporizing elements each including a container and a heater for vaporizing the contents thereof, a source of heating-fluid supply, a waste-pipe, connections between said source and the heaters of said elements, connections between the heaters and the coil, connections between the containers and the vapor-escape pipe, a connectionhetweenan end of the coil and the source, a connection between the other end of the coil and the waste-pipe, a connection between the coil and the vaporescape pipe, and valves in said connections whereby the heating fluid may be compelled to pass through the coil into the waste-pipe exclusive of said elements through the coil and into the vapor-escape pipe exclusive of said elements, or through the heater of any one of the elements and thence through the coil exclusive of the other elements.

11. A bath-cabinet comprising a chamber, a heatingcoil and a vapor-escape pipe therein, a plurality of vaporizing elements each including a container and a heater for vaporizing the contents thereof, a source of heating-fluid supply, a waste-pipe, connections between said source and the heaters of said elements, connections between the heaters and the coil, connections between the containers and the vapor-escape pipe, a connection between an end of the coil and the source, a connection between the other end of the coil and the waste-pipe, and valves in said connections whereby the heating fluid may be compelled to pass through the coil into the wastepipe exclusive of said elements, or through the heater of any one of the elements and thence through the coil exclusive of the other elements.

12. A bath-cabinet comprising a chamber, a heating coil and a vaporescape pipe therein, a source of heating-fluid supply, a wastepipe, a plurality of vaporizing elements each including a container and a heater for vaporizing the contents thereof, a connection between an end of said coil and the source, a

connection between the other end of the coil and the waste-pipe, a manifold connection with the source, a manifold connected with the coil, connections between said manifolds and the heaters of said elements, a manifold in connection with the vapor-escape pipe,

and valves in said connections, whereby the heating fluid is compelled to pass through the coil into the waste-pipe exclusive of said elements, or through the heater of any one of the elements and thence through the coil exclusive of the other elements.

13. In a bath-cabinet, a chamber, an element therein for the supply of heat or vapor, a bed above said element for the support of a patient, a shield above said element and spaced from said bed, said shield having a passage for heat or vapor, corresponding with a determinate part of a body reclining on said bed, and a conduit con nected with said passage to conduct vapors across said space to said determinate part of the body.

14;. In a bath-cabinet, a chamber, an element therein for the supply of heat or vapor, a bed above said element for the support of a patient, a shield separating said element from said bed, and having a plurality of passages corresponding with determinate parts of a body reclining on the bed, and means for separately closing said passages.

15. In a bath-cabinet, a chamber, an element therein for the supply of heat or vapor, a bed above said element for the support of a patient, a shield between said element and said bed, having a plurality of passages corresponding with determinate parts of a body reclining on the bed, means for separately closing said passages, and a movable conduit for concentrating vapors flowing through any one of said passages to the corresponding part of the body.

In testimony whereof we have aflixed our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

LEO lVILOTH. ALBERT l1. GREEK.

Witnesses G. J. ROLLANDET, L. Rnoaons.

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